i’m a gross red monster!

Miriam knew that Mei had been a bit distracted since things became serious between her and Slightly, but today Mei’s head was clearly in the clouds. Mir was filling in Mei on their recent time spent with Nibs when she realized that her best friend was clearly not paying attention. They watched Mei sigh distractedly as her head rested on Mir’s shoulder, eyebrows quirking in interest.

If there was anyone who could read Mei like an open book so easily, it would be Miriam. As soon as the brunette asked if something happened between her and her boyfriend that the redhead was dying to spill about, said redhead found her face brightening. “I’m sorry.” She repeated, not wanting to come off like she only came over to Mir’s place just to talk about what happened during her Valentine’s Day. She had been listening at first when her best friend started talking about how things were going between her and Nibs, but as soon as the word ‘Valentine’s Day’ came out of the brunette’s mouth, the redhead’s mind started drifting.

Despite Mei reassuring him that she had patience, he decided to stick this batch of brownies in the fridge for a few minutes to help them cool down quickly. He didn’t want her to wait too long, especially if Slightly was waiting for her to return to spend time with him that evening. 

She watched in good humor as Cubby placed the brownies inside the fridge, only for her to chuckle afterwards. He really was a caring kind of guy, wasn’t he? It’s no wonder Prilla was dating him and why he was one of the siblings Slightly was closes too. 

“My girlfriend,” Slightly murmured as he hugged her. He wasn’t ever going to get tired of associating Mei with that label…or at least not until they were ready for the next step, and the next…Fiancée, wife…It was definitely way too early to be thinking like that. Who knew if they were going to end up getting married? But he definitely didn’t want to consider the possibility of breaking up when he’d just gotten her, so wasn’t that the natural conclusion—to think they’d live happily ever after? Either way, he wasn’t going to rush things or freak her out by mentioning such thoughts until they had been together long enough (however long “long enough” was.) Until that day came, he’d be more than happy to call her his girlfriend and be her boyfriend in return.

The fact that he had no thoughts of wanting to go back out there and meet with his fans, and instead, he wanted to spend all that time with her had the redhead blushing hard once again. “I am.” Mei agreed with a nod. “You’re biggest and number one fan, actually. And proud of it too!” She claimed right afterwards, partly joking with him in return yet being so serious with her words as well. She’s been a fan of Slightly’s work for a while now. Had fallen in love with his music since the second she heard Prilla playing one of his songs around her, and now she gets the chance to love him just as much as she loved his music. And hopefully one day soon she’ll get the chance to say out loud how much she did love him. And hopefully one day she’ll get to hear him say the same in return. But for now, Mei was content with knowing that Slightly had feelings for her in return.

“Yes, I—” Slightly started to assure Mei again that he was more than okay with it, but she cut him off with a kiss and her own confession. She loved him too. He smiled into her lips as she kissed him again, punctuating each new statement she made with another. I just want to be so good for you. “You are—” Wanted this to be perfect for both of us. “You’re perfect—” Slightly stopped trying to respond to Mei’s words when she stopped peppering his lips with small kisses and pulled him in for a long one, pressing body against him, and…yeah, she had definitely not ruined the mood and he was still ready to go.

Losing herself within the kiss, Mei instinctively wrapped her arms back around the blondes shoulders as he picked her up and made his way back to the bed. She didn’t feel nervous anymore, the fear of suddenly transforming completely gone now that she had the love and reassurance of her boyfriend. Okay— so maybe there was a few nerves, the redhead biting her bottom lip as Slightly slipped his thumb under the waistband of her panties—the final piece of clothing she still had on—before asking for permission to take them off. She nodded her head, lifting her hips even so he could slip them off easier.

Hearing Mei finally call him her boyfriend was just as electric as her touch—as referenced in his latest song. Hearing her say it the second time, with emphasis, lit him on fire. And the third time, he got greedy. “Keep saying it,” he implored, holding her close by the waist again and refusing to let go this time. He would have kept kissing her like she wanted if only his wide, goofy smile wasn’t keeping his mouth occupied for the moment. “I’m what? Whose boyfriend?” He bowed his head forward to nuzzle against her. Mei’s boyfriend. That had such a nice ring to it, he might be inspired to write another song or three or more for his girlfriend. “Do you wanna get outta here?” he asked, pretty sure of the answer but wanting to ask before dragging her out. Usually he would take the time after a show to meet with fans, high off the energy from performing and wanting to bask in the attention as long as possible before turning in for the night, but today was different. For the first time he wanted to sneak out, avoiding any distractions so he could get Mei alone and spend some quality time together.

“Mines,” Mei uttered, tone so soft yet in awe at the fact she was able to say such a thing out loud. Her boyfriend. Just the thought of how true that was now had her feeling exhilarated, having only dreamt of the day where she could call Slightly that. The daydreams of what it must feel like to kiss him on the lips. The lingering moments whenever they hugged, wishing she could stay in his arms forever. And gosh, even when she stood close to him— So many times Mei had the urge to entwine her hand within Slightly’s. “My boyfriend.” She repeated with a wide smile of her own. And she was Slightly’s girlfriend in return— another thought in which had the redhead reeling. If by some chance this was all another dream, Mei prayed she wouldn’t wake up from it anytime soon, not when he was holding her so close like this. “Yes! But— don’t you want to go back out there and meet with the fans?” She asked, aware of the routine Slightly typically has after he does a show. He always tried to give time to meet with his fans, showing how much he appreciated their support and admiration for him. It was one of the things that charmed Mei to him, even though back when they first met she had been a blubbering mess, it was more due to her shyness than anything else. But at the same time, the redhead didn’t want to part from the blonde so soon, the thought of them going somewhere so it could just be the two of them? She bit her lip. “We can go to my place?” She then suggested. “My parents wouldn’t be home— they have a planned date night, so it’ll just be us for a while.” 

Cubby had been in and out of the kitchen throughout the evening, keeping snacks stocked up and even making a few extra batches of brownies because of how popular they were. He made sure to distinguish which were the special brownies and which weren’t, having only made a single batch of the laced desserts and keeping track of who had them. He’d learned his lesson after the last party to be more responsible with them! Though it had been Peter’s idea both times Cubby made them, he was easily persuaded considering they were actually fun to make. Still, the regular brownies were the ones people were more likely to have multiple of, so Cubby was glad he had plenty of what he needed to make multiple batches. 

“Not at all— I have patience.” She replied with a smile. This wouldn’t be the first time where she needed to wait for a batch of pastry goods to cool off first before she could have any. In fact, ever since she was a little girl, she use to bake with her mom all the time, and whenever they were finished, her mom use to always remind her to give it a few minutes for the treat to cool off before having any. And funny thing was that one would think her mom would have been the type of parent who’ll say she needed to wait until after dinner for her to have any, but her mom always use to let Mei have one cookie, or a brownie, or even a slice of cake before dinner. So she could wait a few minutes for the brownies Cubby had made before reaching for one.

When he stopped to ask her to tell him what she wanted more or less of, something seemed off. There was a certain look on Mei’s face…It only clicked a moment later, in a puff of smoke. A small laugh of surprise almost escaped Slightly when he realized Mei had poofed into her full panda form—it was unexpected, but in retrospect made sense that she had gotten overwhelmed with new sensations and feelings for the time…No big deal to him; maybe something they could look back on as a funny story together afterwards. But he was glad his throat caught the laugh before it could come out when he realized Mei didn’t find it humorous at all. Her cry of horror and scramble away from him made Slightly’s heart sink. He kneeled on the bed where she’d left him for a moment longer, watching her transform back—at least, most of the way back—before following her to the corner of the room. It really wasn’t the time to make another old movie reference, as much as he wanted to say Nobody puts Baby in a corner. (Even herself.)

As he wrapped his arms around her and leaned her against him, the redhead didn’t fight the comfort he was trying to give. Instead, Mei buried her face against his chest, trying to calm herself down even after a few tears started to slide down her face. This is not at all how she wanted things to go. She was supposed to be good for him. Be sexy for him. “I’m sorry.” She apologized once again, despite Slightly telling her it was okay. Of course he would think this was all okay, from the start he’s made it clear that all of this was supposed to be special and enjoyable for her, so why would he be upset at her transforming? But still, Mei wanted this to be perfect for Slightly too, but how can she make it happen if her own powers keeps getting in the way? A few more tears fell down her face, yet the redhead found herself starting to calm down as he scratched behind her panda ears. She listened as her boyfriend reassured her of not needing to apologize, he then said how he loved seeing her panda self as she was a part of her— a praise that did cheer her up even more as the redhead smiled a little. But what Slightly said next stunned Mei, the words ‘I love you’ leaving his lips as he cupped her face and stared in her eyes.

“Are you gonna draw me like one of your French girls?” Slightly would generally consider himself more of a Jack (a free-spirited man who makes his own luck) than a Rose (the beautiful redhead he falls in love with) but considering Mei was the artist between them, that reference only felt apt. (Although Titanic was a tragedy and they would hopefully live happily ever after, they could probably kill it as a couple’s costume if they wanted to.) While he was partly joking about the movie reference, in all honesty Mei’s art was one of her best talents and Slightly had always been impressed by what she showed him. He was never insecure about his own appearance, maybe even a little cocky about his good looks sometimes, but Mei’s drawings of him weren’t just flattering—they looked like…you could see the love for her subject in every penstroke. Like he was her muse, the same way she was his only for a different medium, Mei working with visuals and Slightly with music. He wanted every song he wrote for her to sound like what love felt like. Each and every facet of the feeling. Tonight, he would be feeling a new melody.

At his comment, the redhead let out an airy laugh. With the state he currently had her in, wouldn’t Mei be the one considered more like Rose than Jack seeing how he had painted her while she was completely nude? Although the thought of painting Slightly in such a way was tempting as the redhead bit her bottom lip. “Someday.” Mei tried to say confidently, flustering even more at the thought. “I-If you’re okay with me doing so.” She already had drawn so many pictures and portraits of the blonde before— some back before the two of them had gotten to know each other and even more now that they were together, but the redhead’s never drawn such a piece as intimate as what he was joking about. But if he let her, Mei would do so. She can bet he’ll look just as beautiful if not more so in such a state, so why wouldn’t she not want to capture such a moment? She desperately even wanted to capture this moment, taking him in from where she laid, yet if her brain wasn’t already so high-wired from all of this, the redhead would have soaked in every last detail she could so she can replicate it later on. 

“Promise,” Slightly agreed. It was only an easy promise to make because he was certain that there would be no need for him to tell Mei she had done anything that didn’t feel good. If there was even a chance that was possible, he definitely wouldn’t want to tell her she had messed anything up—not after their first time. How discouraging would that be? His own first time hadn’t been great at all. He’d been so unsure of himself and at the same time blustering like he knew what he was doing, which only made it more embarrassing that he didn’t. And his girlfriend at the time hadn’t been gentle about it. The last thing Slightly wanted was to hurt Mei. Even if she didn’t know exactly what she was doing at first, he would accept whatever she gave him eagerly. They could figure out what felt good for them both together. Besides, it was impossible to think of Mei doing anything that didn’t—everything she did, everything she was, was irresistibly attractive.

She became winded as she was picked up, the redhead tightening her hold around her boyfriend’s neck as he stood up from the couch and carried her into his bedroom. Once there, he placed her on the bed, their lips barely parting from one another as Slightly continued to kiss her over and over again the entire way here— Mei’s head was spinning, becoming lost within the treatment she was receiving. No words left her mouth when asked if he could take off her dress, the redhead nodding her head instead and holding her arms up so the dress could be easier to slip off. Leaving her with just her bra and panties, her cheeks once again flared, turning as bright as her red hair before she nervously and somewhat embarrassingly stared back up at him. It took everything within her to not cross her arms around herself, not wanting him to think she didn’t trust him enough to be exposed like this before him. Mei did. She would’ve said something if she didn’t want to be this exposed, but she couldn’t help the train of thought of how he’s seen other people in this state before, and now she couldn’t stop the comparing. 

“You’ll be amazing,” he assured her when she tried to apologize in advance if she wasn’t as good as she thought he was expecting. To put it bluntly, even if it removed some of the romance of the matter: Slightly hadn’t had sex in months and she was the most gorgeous woman he’d ever seen. Mei honestly wouldn’t have to do much at all for him to enjoy himself tonight, even if she had no prior experience—her very presence and mutual desire was already doing it for him. At this point, he was just hoping he could last long enough to truly give her a good time before he finished…The proof of his body’s eagerness was in how quickly he got hard just from her sliding onto his lap. His breath caught in his throat and he bit his lip, hands immediately gripping her waist. Now that they were so close, he realized it was going to be a lot more difficult to hold back and take things slow than he’d anticipated. Sly still wanted to make sure Mei was comfortable above his own pleasure, just as she trusted him to, but…he also wanted to ravish her. He wanted this dress off now, he wanted her grinding against him, he wanted to carry her off to the bed… 

“Promise me you’ll let me know afterwards if something wasn’t good.” The redhead asked, nearly pleaded even as she stared at him with earnest eyes. “Please. I want us both to enjoy this, and not just solely focus on me for my sake.” This was yet one of the downsides of keeping her panda. Because of her past fears of transforming in the middle of having sexual intercourse with someone, Mei never once tried to get this far with anyone before. Even when she had felt lustful desires for her past partners, she just knew that she needed to be with that one special person in order to be able be as open with them as she was being with Slightly. And if she wanted to be even more honest, the redhead was aching to be with him— even with the risks of her still transforming, she had been craving for this moment. She wanted to finally feel what all the hype was about, of why people enjoyed hooking up so much, of wanting to know what were the things she liked, and of what things she liked doing for him. Was she someone who liked starting off slow and gentle, or maybe she loved it fast and hard right away? Would he fear of ever hurting her at some point? If he did, he shouldn’t have to. Mei didn’t think Slightly could ever hurt her. 

“You are. So loved,” Slightly told Mei, lighting up as she confirmed that all of his attention to making today perfect and showing just how much he loved her was received and acknowledged. He smiled as she kissed the corner of his lips, then turned his head to give a proper, full-on kiss. This alone would have been fine, Slightly content to stay here kissing his girlfriend without pushing her any further than she was comfortable to go, but she pulled away and told him that she still wanted to—presumably, go forward with their previously discussed plan for the night. And though he seriously wasn’t going to pressure her, he was privately psyched out of his mind that she was also ready to take the next step. Who could blame him? The past months he’d been waiting patiently and respectfully, but his girlfriend was hot—as hot as her red hair, or her currently matching red cheeks.

Mei relaxed into their kiss, feeling as loved and cherished by Slightly in every way possible with just that confirmation alone. Was it weird that they’ve only been together for a few months and yet the one thing she didn’t feel so embarrass to say out loud was how much love she felt from him? Neither of them had said “I love you" directly yet, but those words didn’t even need to be spoken out loud for the redhead to know that he was in love with her equally as much as she was in love with him. And Mei was so deeply heads over heels in love with him. So in love, that once they pulled away and he reassured her that they can go as slow as she needed because he wanted her to enjoy the experience, the redhead bit her lip and smiled. “I know— I trust you.” She spoke honestly, all that love and trust evident within her eyes as they kissed once again. She knew Slightly wouldn’t do anything that she didn’t want or liked. He would stop if she told him to, but gosh did she hoped there not being a need for them to do so. 

She’s so damn cute. Slightly bit his bottom lip to hold himself back from interrupting Mei as she responded to his confession in kind. He was delighted to know that she liked him back, but that was all he really needed to hear before deciding to kiss her. It was a wonder he even processed anything after I like you too, but he definitely caught her asking if this was another dream she’d have to wake up from. That meant that she had literally dreamed of this before, of being with him. She really wanted him like he wanted her. He couldn’t resist any longer, his excitement too pent up to keep biting it back and bouncing in place. “Did you ever dream about this?” he asked before grabbing her by the waist and kissing her like he’d wanted to do for months. Finally. A sense of serenity washed over him, all the frenetic energy in his veins calming so he could slow down and enjoy this moment. Everything clicked into place like the final piece of a puzzle he’d been working on for his entire life. All at once, clarity. This felt right. He’d been in love and been brokenhearted before, but with Mei…It was like all of that had led him right to this moment, so he could belong with her.

Was this really happening? Slightly liked her back and Mei finally got to confess how much she liked him in return. And even then, the way she felt was only but the tip of the surface, as she wasn’t kidding when she said she’s always had such a humongous crush on him. She wasn’t even embarrassed to admit to it, too high on his confession to care if she sounded like a dork when she said that because it was true— Mei has liked Slightly for so damn long, even before they met, she knew she had a crush but just never thought it would become anything more than that. Even after they did meet and started to get to know one another, the redhead never once wanted to let these feelings she had for him cloud her mind because it was already so nice to be able to be his friend that she would’ve been content if friendship was all there had been between them. Now that there was a chance for them to become more, she couldn’t contain the smile she on her face, nor the bright red blush that undoubtedly was painted on her cheeks as she stared at him. 

@pandaameii

When it came to the most romantic day of the year, Mei felt like that day always needed to be a special one. It was the number one day where you could show off how much you love and appreciated someone! It didn’t matter whether that person was a loved one like her parents or very close friends like her squad, Valentine’s Day was the perfect day to show off how she felt for them, and Mei made sure to never miss a single year. But this year, she had more than just her family and friends to show her love to. She had Slightly as her boyfriend, and though some days it was still crazy to imagine that they were together, not a single day has gone by where the redhead doesn’t fall deeper and deeper in love with him. It’s came to a point where her feelings for Slightly were so deep, Mei knew she wanted to have her first time with him. They’ve been dating for months now, and though it was a bit embarrassing to confess to her boyfriend that she was still a virgin, she trusted Slightly to make the moment comfortable and special for her. And so, the couple planned to wait for Valentine’s Day, their date being as romantic and perfect to the point where if she hadn’t already known she was in love with him, than after today she would’ve been certain she was now.